PAU IMPARTS TRAINING IN DRIP IRRIGATION, FERTIGATION AND PROTECTED CULTIVATION

Ludhiana, July 15, 2016: The Precision Farming Development Center (PFDC), Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) organised a five-day training programme on “Drip Irrigation,Fertigation and Protected Cultivation,” which concluded today at PAU. A total of 37 participants from different districts of Punjab attended the training programme. This programme is conducted on the request of farmers and so far, 24 such training programmes have been conducted.

Dr Rakesh Sharda, Principal Investigator of PFDC, informed that this training programme is quite popular among the farmers from the state as well as adjoining states. He said farmers were educated about various aspects of drip irrigation and fertigation. The experts delved on different concepts of drip irrigation viz. installation and maintenance of drip irrigation system, and construction of water storage tanks, he added. Besides, they shed light on the scope of protected cultivation, construction of protected cultivation structures, soil less cultivation, construction of poly net and shade net houses, management of greenhouse, cultivation of vegetables and flowers, post-harvest management of greenhouse produce and type of assistance available through National Horticulture Mission for integrated development of horticulture.

The experts included Dr Rakesh Sharda, Dr K.G. Singh, Dr A.K. Jain, Dr Mukesh Siag, Dr Nilesh Biwalkar, Dr Sanjay Satpute, Dr Sailesh Jindal, Dr Parminder Singh, Dr Kulbir Singh, Dr Rajinder Dhall, Dr Abhishek Sharma and Dr BVC Mahajan.